Athletics at the 1938 British Empire Games
Appearance
Athletics at the 3rd British Empire and Commonwealth Games | |
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Dates | 5–12 February 1938 |
Host city | Sydney, Australia |
Venue | Sydney Cricket Ground |
Level | Senior |
Events | 28 |
Participation | 187 athletes from 11 nations |
At the 1938 British Empire Games, the athletics events were held at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Australia in February 1938. A total of 28 athletics events were contested at the Games, 20 by men and 8 by women.
Medal summary
[edit]Men
[edit]( 'e' denotes an estimated time )
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 yards |
Cyril Holmes (ENG) | 9.7 | John Mumford (AUS) | 9.8e | Ted Best (AUS) | 9.9e |
220 yards |
Cyril Holmes (ENG) | 21.2 | John Mumford (AUS) | 21.3e | Ted Best (AUS) | 21.4e |
440 yards |
Bill Roberts (ENG) | 47.9 | William Fritz (CAN) | 47.9e | Denis Shore (SAF) | 48.1e |
880 yards |
Pat Boot (NZL) | 1:51.2 | Frank Handley (ENG) | 1:54.0e | Bill Dale (CAN) | 1:54.2e |
1 mile |
Jim Alford (WAL) | 4:11.6 | Gerald Backhouse (AUS) | 4:12.2e | Pat Boot (NZL) | 4:12.6e |
3 miles |
Cecil Matthews (NZL) | 13:59.6 | Peter Ward (ENG) | 14:05.4 | Scotty Rankine (CAN) | 14:24.0e |
6 miles |
Cecil Matthews (NZL) | 30:14.5 | Scotty Rankine (CAN) | +180 yds (~30:45) | Wally Hayward (SAF) | +250 yds (~31:28) |
Marathon |
Johannes Coleman (SAF) | 2:30:15 | Bert Norris (ENG) | 2:37:57 | Jackie Gibson (SAF) | 2:38:20 |
120 yards hurdles |
Tom Lavery (SAF) | 14.0w | Larry O'Connor (CAN) | 14.2ew | Sid Stenner (AUS) | 14.4ew |
440 yards hurdles |
John Loaring (CAN) | 52.9 | John Park (AUS) | 54.6e | Alan McDougall (AUS) | 55.2e |
4 × 110 yards relay |
Canada Jack Brown Pat Haley John Loaring Larry O'Connor |
41.6 | England Ken Richardson Sandy Duncan Lawrence Wallace Cyril Holmes |
41.8e | Australia Ted Best Alf Watson Ted Hampson Howard Yates |
41.9e |
4 × 440 yards relay |
Canada Lee Orr Bill Dale William Fritz John Loaring |
3:16.9 | England Frank Handley Henry Pack Brian MacCabe Bill Roberts |
3:19.2 | New Zealand Alan Sayers Arnold Anderson Graham Quinn Harold Tyrie |
3:22.0 |
High jump |
Edwin Thacker (SAF) | 1.96 | Robert Heffernan (AUS) | 1.88 | Doug Shetliffe (AUS) | 1.88 |
Pole vault |
Andries du Plessis (SAF) | 4.11 | Les Fletcher (AUS) | 3.97 | Stuart Frid (CAN) | 3.88 |
Long jump |
Harold Brown (CAN) | 7.43 | Jim Panton (CAN) | 7.25 | Basil Dickinson (AUS) | 7.15 |
Triple jump |
Jack Metcalfe (AUS) | 15.49 | Lloyd Miller (AUS) | 15.41 | Basil Dickinson (AUS) | 15.28 |
Shot put |
Louis Fouché (SAF) | 14.48 | Eric Coy (CAN) | 13.95 | Francis Drew (AUS) | 13.80 |
Discus throw |
Eric Coy (CAN) | 44.76 | David Young (SCO) | 43.04 | George Sutherland (CAN) | 41.47 |
Hammer throw |
George Sutherland (CAN) | 48.71 | Keith Pardon (AUS) | 45.11 | Jim Leckie (NZL) | 44.21 |
Javelin throw |
Jim Courtright (CAN) | 62.80 | Stan Lay (NZL) | 62.21 | Jack Metcalfe (AUS) | 55.53 |
Invitation events
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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220 yards hurdles |
Phillip Sharpley (NZL) | 24.7 | Alan McDougall (AUS) | +2 yds (~24.9) | Jack Lobban (AUS) | +0.5 yd |
2 miles walk |
Athol Stubbs (AUS) | 13:51.4 | R. Stephenson (AUS) | +250 yds (~14:50) | W. Hayward (AUS) | +20 yds |
Women
[edit]Medal table
[edit]* Host nation (Australia)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Canada (CAN) | 8 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
2 | Australia (AUS)* | 6 | 11 | 12 | 29 |
3 | South Africa (RSA) | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
4 | England (ENG) | 4 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
5 | New Zealand (NZL) | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
6 | Wales (WAL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
7 | Scotland (SCO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Totals (7 entries) | 28 | 28 | 28 | 84 |
Participating nations
[edit]- Australia (78)
- British Ceylon (4)
- Canada (37)
- England (24)
- New Zealand (19)
- Northern Ireland (3)
- Scotland (4)
- South Africa (12)
- Southern Rhodesia (2)
- Trinidad and Tobago (3)
- Wales (1)
References
[edit]- ^ Fact sheet 188 – Empire Games, Sydney, 1938. National Archives of Australia. Retrieved on 2010-09-02.
- Results
- Commonwealth Games Medallists - Men. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-09-02.
- Commonwealth Games Medallists - Women. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-09-02.
External links
[edit]- 1938 Games Commentary and video of men's 100 yards from British Pathé